Shade-holder for lamps



(No Model) W. A. HULL.

SHA'DHHOLDER FOR LAMPS.

No. 255.731. Patented 1V a r. 28,'1882 n. PETERS, PimluLrthognphar. wminm. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WOLCOTT A. HULL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE ANSONIABRASS AND COPPER COMPANY OF SAME PLACE AND AN- SONIA, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-HOLDER FOR L AMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,731, dated March28, 1882. Application filed January 30,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WOLOOTT A. HULL, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShade-Holders for Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present improvements is to produce a cheap shade-holderof neat appearance, which shall be adapted to yield to accommodateitself to the variations in the sizes and irregularities in the contourof shades, which are unavoidable when shades are manufactured in themost common manner.

To this end my improvements consist in a I 5 shade-holder made of sheetmetal and composed of a cylindric portion and a lower flan gelikeportion adapted to yield and accommodate itself to'a shade placed on it.

The improvements also consist in the combination, with a shade-holdermade of sheet metal and composed of a cylindric portion and a lowerflange-like portion, of supports therefor connected to the upper part ofthe cylindric portion and leaving the flan ge-like portion free 2 toyield and accommodate itself to a shade.

The improvements also consist in the combination, with the shade-holderjust described and a ring for fitting around a. lamp-collar, of armsmade separate from the said parts and 0 fastened to them.

The accompanying drawing is a side view of a stand-lamp and a sectionalview of shadeholder, the appurtenancesthereof, and a shade, illustratingmy invention.

5 A designates alamp, which may be of any suitable form.

B designates a ringwhioh fits around the collar to of the lamp, and maybe secured there a by any suitable means.

0 C designates arms, (here shown as two in number,) which are madeseparately from each other and from the ring B, but are secured to thelatter by screws b. To prevent any possibility of the arms shiftingedgewise, they may be further fastened to the ring by pins or rivetsarranged above or below these screws.

D designates the shade-holder. It is made of sheet metal, preferablythin sheet-brass, and consists of .a cyliudric portion, 0, and a lowerflange-like port-ion, cl, which, as here shown, slopes outwardapproximately, like the slope of the shade E, which rests upon it. Thisshadeholder is fastened at its cylindric portion to the arms 0 bymeansof screws 0, and to preclude it from turning or shifting on the armspins f are employed.

Shades of glass and similar materials, as ordinarily made, vary as tosize, even when made as nearly as possible alike, and they are irregularin form. My shade-holder, by reason of the yielding nature of itsflange-like portion, adapts itself to variationsin the sizes ofshades,as also to irregularities in their shapes. Hence it affords the shadeswhich may be applied to it an extensive and stable support. As the flange-like portion can yield, it will oftentimes avoid breakage, whichwould otherwise be entailed by a blow struck the shade.

I do not claim broadly a sheet-metal shadeholder, as I am aware that thesame is not original with me. As made heretofore, however, sheet-metalshade holders have been too stiff to yield, and have, so far as I know,been corrugated, ribbed, or headed for the purpose of stiffening them,or have been so connected to their supports that they could not yield.Sheet-metal shade-holders of these kinds I disclaim.

In a prior application I have claimed a shadering in combination with alampreservoir holder or socket and arms connecting them, and hence I donot here claim this combination. I do, however, intend to here claim thecombination of a ring adapted to fit the collar of a lamp,a'shade-holder, and arms connecting the two.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. A shade-holder made of sheet metal and composed of a cylindricportion and a lower flan ge-like portion adapted to yield andaccommodate itself to a shade placed on it, substantially as specified.

2. lhe combination, with a shade -holder made of sheet metal composed ofa cylindric the ring B, and the arms (3,1nade separate portion and alower flan ge-like portion, of supfrom the holder and ring and securedthereto, ports therefor connected to the upper part of substantially asspecified.

the cylindrio portion and leaving the flange- WOLCO'II. A. HULL. 5 likeportion free to yield and accommodate it- Witnesses:

self to a shade; substantially as specified. T. J. KEANE,

3. The combin: tion of the shade holder D, JAMES R. BOWEN.

